DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS ATRACTIDES KOCH (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA, HYGROBATIDAE) FROM KRASNODARsky KRAY, RUSSIA

About author:

Petr V. Tuzovsky,

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
e-mail: tuz@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru

Annotation:

An illustrated description of two new water mite species, Atractides shapovalovi (male, female) and A. saprykini (male) from the running waters of the Krasnodarsky Kray is presented.

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